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The facilitator is responsible for guiding
the conversation around a topic (or two) that he/she has chosen.
Usually the topic stems from a suggestion made at a previous
meeting, a current event, a short newspaper or magazine article,
or it is "formally" proposed by a member in the
form of questions or a provocative paragraph or two.
Everyone is encouraged to suggest topics for future meetings.
Suggested topics should be submitted to any facilitator or
member of the Weekly Meetings Committee. Topics are set ahead
of time, although a very pressing issue can occasionally bump
them to a later date.
Click here for our policy on partisan
politics and our definitions of Racism and Racist
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The
rich variety of ethnic groups New Orleans has to offer |
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When
non-offensive words offend,
by William Raspberry and two other articles about Mayor
Anthony Williams' top aid using the word "niggardly" |
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Save
outrage for when it really matters,
by Leonard Pitts Jr. |
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Excerpt
from Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup |
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Excerpt
from The Ordeal of Integration, by Orlando Patterson |
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Discussion
on two seemingly conflicting schools of thought about
whether society should be "colorblind" or should
it "celebrate diversity" |
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Missing
point of affirmative action,
by Leonard Pitts Jr. |
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Compared
"Afro-centric" and "Euro-centric"
world views and how they influence racism |
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Is
black oral history considered less valid than white oral
history? |
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Race
and the census editorial from The Boston Globe |
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Confederate
'heritage' is a romantic lie,
by Leonard Pitts Jr. |
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Facts
don't faze Jesse Jackson,
by Gregory Kane |
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America
still segregating its history,
by Lolis Eric Elie |
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Hip-hopping
toward the abyss, by Stanley
Crouch |
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